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Florida law banning adoption by gays and lesbians overturned
Florida will not appeal a court ruling stopping the state's ban on adoption by gays and lesbians. The only remaining…
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Caterpillar suspends shipment of bulldozers to Israel
Caterpillar has temporarily suspended a shipment of D9 bulldozers to Israel. These D9s, valued at $50 million, are weaponized bulldozers…
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US falls to 49th place in life expectancy
A recent report has ranked the United States 49th in life expectancy. This is lower than 12 developed countries studied…
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Corporate greed and racism created Arizona anti-immigrant law
Arizona's barbaric anti-immigration law SB 1070, now facing federal court challenges, was created to not only scapegoat immigrants, but also…
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U.S. deepens intervention in Yemen
In the wake of a foiled mail bomb plot that originated in Yemen, the Obama administration is debating putting under…
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Killer cop gets slap on the wrist for killing Oscar Grant
Ex-Oakland BART police officer Johannes Mehserle was sentenced today to only two years in prison for the cold-blooded killing of…
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Caterpillar suspends shipment of bulldozers to Israel
Caterpillar (or CAT) has temporarily suspended a shipment of D9 bulldozers to Israel. These D9s, valued at $50 million, are…
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IMF austerity measures spur anti-worker laws in Hungary
The Hungarian Constitutional Court has struck down as unconstitutional a proposed bill that would cap severance pay to all public-sector…
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Cuban solidarity with imprisoned Palestinian resistance leader
A campaign of solidarity with the imprisoned general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Ahmed Sa'adat,…
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New Paltz meeting on environment and war
A political meeting combining the issues of impending ecological collapse, endless wars and global poverty drew 167 people--over half of…
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Court blocks miners’ strike in S. Africa
The South African Labor Court in Johannesburg has granted Gold Fields a court order temporarily prohibiting a planned strike at…
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China forges into lead in supercomputer world competition
October 2010 marked a revolution in China's computing power, made possible by the country's October 1949 revolutionary victory, which opened…
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Baltimore community protests construction of youth jail
On the evening of Oct. 31, members of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) and…
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Book review: Revolutionary Social Change in Colombia
On Sept. 23 military sources in Colombia reported the murder of Jorge Briceño, aka Mono Jojoy, one of the members…
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Jon Stewart’s ‘Sanity’ rally an attack on activism
On Oct. 30, popular television comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted on the National Mall their much touted "Rally…
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Election results: right-wing shift or anger at the status quo?
Do the Nov. 2 election results signal a major shift to the right and a resurgence of conservatism among the…
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Police brutality incidents prompt New Haven march
Over 80 people marched in New Haven, Conn., on Oct. 23 to protest police brutality in the community. The march…
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Albuquerque rally says no to police terror
The people of Albuquerque, N.M. took to the streets on Oct. 22 to protest the escalation of police brutality that…
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French workers show the way, take action to save pensions
Millions of workers in France have taken to the streets in September and October to protest the government's proposal to…
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Corporations want to keep carbon emissions secret:
Corporations are fighting a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency that would make public how much they pollute. It is…
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